The Sustainable High - Parshat Shoftim

This shu-shine is dedicated to my dear friend David Montag – thanks for the question last week!!

And everyone else, please send me your spiritual/life/faith/personal/relationship/God/religion/search-for-meaning questions for possible topics of future shu-shines!

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The greatest high in life is not the most intense one, but rather the highest high that we can 'own' and sustain indefinitely.

This high informs everything else about our lives, from moments of joy, to moments of sadness, to love, to business, to careers to fulfillment — EVERYTHING.  So it cannot be overstated how important it is to master this high.

But life can be confusing, overwhelming and intense.  And all this 'noise' makes it hard to tune in to our own inner-self, and to discover the high that is ours and to begin to master carrying that note on a daily level.

Still, learning this lesson and working to this level is essential.  A life lived out of tune with our own inner note of joy, is a lesser life.  

Attached please find a Shu-Shine on the subject of "The Sustainable High", connected with the Torah portion of 'Shoftim'.

May we all be blessed to live on the highest levels we are capable of, and to know those levels with ever-greater clarity and mastership.

With Love and a Smile,

~Shu